Post by NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

🌊Final blog of the SurfCO₂ Expedition! Chief Scientist Matthew P. Humphreys wraps it up: "We arrived in Genoa this morning after a highly successful cruise. The scientists and crew rose to meet several challenges along the way, which are always to be expected on any oceanographic expedition, but especially more so with a brand new ship and equipment". "We covered almost 6000 km in 14 days, passing through the waters of 7 different countries. We collected over 1500 seawater samples from the sea surface and across 7 CTD stations, and measured many of these on board. We found living foraminifera and had around 100 cetacean sightings, including at least 9 different species and well over 400 individual animals". "After a busy final day tidying and cleaning up the ship, we are all ready for a well-deserved rest, before getting back to work to analyse all the data that we have collected. Thank you for following us on our journey!" 👉Read all the blogposts here: https://lnkd.in/eZ3Jf4KS